Huawei Matebook X announced in china

 Huawei has announced Matebook X in china. The design is similar to Huawei Matebook X pro but its lighter and thinner and has an upgraded touchpad. 

The laptop now weights around 1 kg and also impressively thin at 13.6mm. Which is both lighter amd thinner than Huawei Matebook X pro. Apart from that the laptop also scrapes the standard USB-A connector in order to make the device thin and uses just two USB-C ports, which is also used for charging. And the other change is a smaller battery as the laptop is now both smaller as well as lighter than Matebook X Pro. 

The other major difference is touchpad. Now it comes with an upgraded touchpad that Huawei says it can recognize different pressure levels and the haptic feedback feels like a press of a real button. The whole area of the touchpad offers uniform clicking experience.

The remaining spec are identical to the MateBook X pro. The specifications are listed below :

Cpu : Intel Core i5-10210U or Core i7-10510U

Gpu : No dedicated gpu (integrated Intel UHD Graphics) 

Ram : 8GB or 16GB of LPDDR3 

Screen  : 13.0" 3000 x 2000px resolution,3:2 aspect ratio, 100% sRGB coverage, 400 nits of maximum brightness. It's also a touch screen and promises 90% screen-to-body ratio.

Storage : 512GB of PCIe NVMe SSD

Battery : 42Wh battery

Camera : 1 MP Hidden camera (hidden pop key on keyboard) 

Speakers : 4 speakers with 2 microphones

Security  : Fingerprint sensor (power button doubles as fingerprint) 

Windows : windows 10 Home edition.

Touchpad: pressure sensitive multi-touch track pad 

Keyboard: Island-style keyboard (same as Matebook X Pro)

Bluetooth: v 5.0

Wifi   : dual band wifi (2.4 ghz and 5 ghz) 

Ports : 2 USB Type C ports, 3.5mm headphone jack

Dimensions : 284.4 x 206.7 x 13.6mm and 1kg in weight 


The MateBook X comes in four different colors - Emerald Green, Space Gray, Mystic Silver and some kind of Rose Gold color. Pre-orders in China are already live and the Core i5, 8GB/512GB version asks CNY 7,999 (~$1,150), the same processor paired with 16GB/512GB memory is priced at CNY 8,999 (~$1,300) and the Core i7 with 16GB of RAM and 512GB of internal storage costs CNY 9,999 (~$1,450). Huawei will start shipping the new laptop on August 24.

The international version of the MateBook X launch date is still unknown but it should launch in a month or so. 

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